BlockFrom the record
One of 36 National Register listings published here for Johnson County · listed in 1989 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Ben Mollett Cabin
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Mollett, Ben, Cabin - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Off KY 40 at Pigeon Roost Fork of Greasy Creek, Williamsport, 41204
- When was it listed? January 1989
- Category. building
- Also known as. Johnson County MRA
- Census division. Paintsville
- National Register reference number. 88003171 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
244 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 244 fires within 5 miles of Ben Mollett Cabin between 1997 and 2020, burning about 9,447 acres in total. None started naturally. 52 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 93 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 64 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 52 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 32 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROUTE 302 |
| 28 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TOMAHAWK |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ben Mollett Cabin: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greasy Creek Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this property
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Williamsport, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Williamsport | $2,000 | Two trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Williamsport | $1,000 | Flash flooding occurred as a creek overflowed its banks onto a road in Williamsport. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Williamsport | $1,000 | A section of a road in Williamsport, from the bottom of 2 Mile Hill to the Meade Elementary School, was covered by flood water that was flowing across the road. |
| June 2000 | Flood | Williamsport | $1,000 | Heavy rains caused creeks to run high and a culvert was washed out and water ran over the road. |
| March 2021 | Debris Flow | Williamsport | - | A mudslide is blocking one lane of KY-40 in the community of Williamsport. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Williamsport | - | Trees were blown down on KY Hwy 40. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Williamsport | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Mine No. 5 Store | 2.4 miles | 1989 |
 | Meade Memorial Gymnasium | 2.5 miles | 1989 |
| Paintsville Country Club | 3.9 miles | 1989 | |
 | Archer House | 5.2 miles | 1989 |
| Tobe Wiley House | 5.3 miles | 1989 | |
 | Webb House | 5.4 miles | 1989 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88003171 in Record Group 79. |
| Johnson County | All 36 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.